Lipase Mutant and use thereof

ABSTRACT

Provided are a lipase mutant and use thereof. The amino acid sequence of the lipase mutant has a sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, that is, sites at which amino acid mutations occur include a V154L site.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application is the U.S. national stage application filed under 35U.S.C. § 371 claiming benefit to International Patent Application No:PCT/CN2021/078741, filed Mar. 2, 2021, which claims priority to ChinesePatent Application No. 202110059694.6, filed to the China NationalIntellectual Property Administration on Jan. 18, 2021, the entirecontents of each of which are incorporated herein in their entirety.

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TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of biotechnologies, inparticular to a lipase mutant and use thereof.

BACKGROUND

Many chiral acid and alcohol compounds (for example α-substitutedpropionic acid compounds) are active, and are important chiral units insynthesis of chiral drugs. The resolution of acid, alcohol and esterchiral drugs is generally to synthesize corresponding racemates such asmethyl ester, ethyl ester or propyl ester by a chemical method firstly,and then perform stereoselective hydrolysis by using lipase or esteraseto obtain the chiral unit with a single enantiomeric configuration. Forexample, herbicide (R)-α-phenoxypropyl ester and anti-inflammatory drug(S)-phenylpropanol are both converted into a single active isomer by thestereoselectivity of the lipase.

With the high stereoselectivity, the lipase may catalyze chiralresolution and prepare organic synthesis intermediates such as singlechiral alcohols, amines and esters (Lipase immobilization and researchprogress in chiral resolution [J]. Applied Chemical Industry, 2011,40(10): 1823-1827). In the synthesis of chiral drugs, commonly usedlipases include porcine pancreatic lipase, candida lipase, pseudomonaslipase and mucor lipase (Application of Biocatalysis in the Synthesis ofEnantiopure Drugs [J]. Amino Acids & Biotic Resources, 2013, 35(4):39-42).

For example: CN108642025A discloses that the specific enzyme activity ofmutants M8A, L10A, D11A, L12A, and P17G derived from Rhizopus chinensislipase is 1.1-2.4 times higher than that of the wild-type enzyme, andthe 1,3-position selectivity of M8A, L10A, and T9A is 4.75-5 timeshigher than that of the wild-type enzyme.

For another example: CN109750013A discloses a mutant V131N derived fromRhizopus chinensis lipase. The mutant has ideal heat resistancecharacteristics, and its relative enzyme activity is about 66.12% whileit is resistant to 120 min at 50° C., but the relative enzyme activityof the wild-type lipase is just remained by 28.24%. The time while theremaining half of the relative enzyme activity of the wild-type lipaseis about 60 min at 60° C., and the corresponding mutant is only 25 min.

In industrial production, most of the wild-type lipases have the lowcatalytic efficiency, poor stereoselectivity and weak stability. Whileit is expressed in common engineering bacteria by genetic engineeringmeans, there are defects such as low expression of target proteins, poorsolubility and weak catalytic activity. Therefore, there are not manylipases that may really be widely used.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure aims to provide a lipase mutant and use thereof,as to improve the enzyme activity.

In order to achieve the above purpose, according to one aspect of thepresent disclosure, a lipase mutant is provided. The lipase mutant hasan amino acid sequence obtained by the mutation of the amino acidsequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, and the mutation comprises a mutationsite V154L.

Further, the mutation includes at least one of the following mutationsites: Q11L, T40S, T44S, Q23L, M72A, W113A, D134H/T/N, T138R,L140V/W/M/A/I, A141I/L/Q/T/V, P143A/G/I, L144G/H/P/R/S/T/D/A, L147P,S150N, P152L, S153P/T, V154K, T186A, I189L, V190I/T/Y/A, V221A, T256A,T259A, E269D, A281P, I285M/V/L/A, G307C, C311L, T316A, herein “/” means“or”.

Further, the mutation comprises any one of the following mutation sitecombinations: V154L+I189L, V154L+L144G+L140V, V154L+P143A+L147P,V154L+I189L+L144G, V154L+I189L+L144G+L140V, V154L+I189L+L144G+L140W,V154L+I189D-L144G+L140M, V154L+I189L+L144G+I285M,V154L+I189L+L144G+I285V, V154L+I189L+L144G+L140V+I285M,V154L+I189L+L144G+L140V+I285V, V154L+I189L+L144G+P143A+L147P,V154L+I189L+L144G+L140V+P143A+L147P, V154L+I189L+L144G+T259A+V221A,V154L+I189L+L144G+Q23L+S150N, V154L+I189L+L144H, V154L+I189L144H+L140V,V154L+I189L144H+L140V+P143A+L147P, V154L+I189L144R+L140V,V154L+I189L144R+L140V+P143A+L147P, V154L+I189L144G+T40S,V154L+I189L144G+M72A, V154L+I189L+L144G+W113A, V154L+I189L144G+T138R,V154L+I189L+L144G+L140A, V154L+I189L144G+L140I, V154L+I189L144G+A141I,V154L+I189L144G+A141I, V154L+I189L+L144G+A141Q, V154L+I189L144G+A141T,V154L+I189L144G+A141V, V154L+I189L144G+S153P, V154L+I189L144G+S153I,V154L+I189L+L144G+P143G, V154L+I189L+L144G+P143I, V154L+I189L+L144H,V154L+I189L+L144G, V154L+I189L+L144R, V154L+I189L+L144S,V154L+I189L+L144T, V154K+I189L144G, V154M+I189L+L144G,V154L+I189L144G+I285I, V154L+I189L+L144G+I285A,V154L+I189L+L144G+D134H+T138R, V154L+I189L+L144T+A141L,V154L+I189L+L144G+S153P+L154K, V154L+I189L+S153T, V154L+I189L+S153P,V154L+I189L+D134T+T138R, V154L+I189L+D134N+T138R,V154L+I189L+D134+T138R, V154L+I189L+V190I, V154L+I189L+V190T,V154L+I189L+V190Y, V154L+I189L+V190A, V154L+I189L+A141L+L144T,V154L+I189L+A141V+L144 D, V154L+I189L+A141Q+L144P,V154L+I189L+A141I+L144G, V154L+I189L+A141I+L144H, V154L+I189L+L144A,V154L+I189L+A281P, V154L+I189L+L144G+T256A, V154L+I189L144G+T186A,V154L+I189L144G+E269D, V154L+I189L+L144G+G307C+C311L+T316A,V154L+I189L144G+T44S, V154L+I189L+L144G+P152L,V154L+I189L+L144G+Q11L+Q73H, V154L+I189L144G+T259A+V221A orV154L+I189L+L144R+P143A+L147P.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a DNA molecule isprovided. The DNA molecule encodes any one of the above lipase mutants.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a recombinantplasmid is provided. The recombinant plasmid contains any one of theabove DNA molecules.

Further, a vector used for the recombinant plasmid is pET-22a(+),pET-22b(+), pET-3a(+) pET-3d(+), pET-11a(+), pET-12a(+), pET-14b,pET-15b(+), pET-16b(+), pET-17b(+), pET-19b(+), pET-20b(+), pET-21a(+),pET-23a(+), pET-23b(+), pET-24a(+), pET-25b(+), pET-26b(+), pET-27b(+),pET-28a(+), pET-29a(+), pET-30a(+), pET-31b(+), pET-32a(+), pET-35b(+),pET-38b(+), pET-39b(+), pET-40b(+), pET-41a(+), pET-41b(+), pET-42a(+),pET-43a(+), pET-43b(+), pET-44a(+), pET-49b(+), pQE2, pQE9, pQE30,pQE31, pQE32, pQE40, pQE70, pQE80, pRSET-A, pRSET-B, pRSET-C, pGEX-5X-1,pGEX-6p-1, pGEX-6p-2, pBV220, pBV221, pBV222, pTrc99A, pTwin1, pEZZ18,pKK232-8, pUC-18 or pUC-19.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a host cell isprovided. The host cell contains any one of the above recombinantplasmids.

Further, the host cell includes a prokaryotic cell or a eukaryotic cell;and preferably, the prokaryotic cell is Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) cellor Escherichia coli DH5a competent cell, and the eukaryotic cell isyeast.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a method forproducing a chiral acid is provided. The method includes a step ofcatalyzing hydrolysis reaction of an ester compound by a lipase, and thelipase is any one of the above lipase mutants.

Further, the ester compound is

and is hydrolyzed into an acid compound

and an alcohol compound HO—R₁ by the lipase mutant, herein R₁ representsCH₃, CH₂CH₃, CH₂—CH₂CH₃ or CHCH₃CH₃, and R₂, R₃, R₄ and R₅ eachindependently represent H, F, Cl, Br, CH₃ or CH₂CH₃; and preferably, theester compound is

Further, pH of the hydrolysis reaction is 6.5-8.5, the reactiontemperature is 20-37° C., the reaction volume is 10-50 times of theusage volume of a substrate, and the unit is mg:μL; and preferably, pHof the catalytic hydrolysis reaction of the lipase mutant is 8.5, thereaction temperature is 30° C., and the reaction volume is 10 times ofthe usage volume of the substrate (mg:μL).

The lipase mutant of the present disclosure achieves changes of theprotein structure and function, its solubility expressed in Escherichiacoli is significantly improved, and the catalytic activity of the enzymeis greatly improved. In practical applications, the usage amount of theenzyme is greatly reduced, the reaction volume is reduced, thedifficulty of post-treatment is reduced, and it is suitable forindustrial production.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

It should be noted that embodiments in the present application andfeatures in the embodiments may be combined with each other withoutconflicting. The present disclosure is described in detail below incombination with the embodiments.

The present disclosure improves the specificity of lipase and reducesthe usage amount of lipase by a method of directed evolution. Thetemplate amino acid (Pseudomonas putida, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/,ACCESSION: P41365) is SEQ ID NO: 1(MLPSGSDPAFSQPKSVLDAGLTCQGASPSSVSKPILLVPGTGTTGPQSFDSNWIPLSTQLGYTPCWISPPPFMLNDTQVNTEYMVNAITALYAGSGNNKLPVLTWSQGGLVAQWGLTFFPSIRSKVDRLMAFAPDYKGTVLAGPLDALAVSAPSVWQQTTGSALTTALRNAGGLTQIVPTTNLYSATDEIVQPQVSNSPLDSSYLFNGKNVQAQAVCGPLFVIDHAGSLTSQFSYVVGRSALRSTIGQARSADYGITDCNPLPANDLTPEQKVAAAALLAPAAAAIVAGPKQNCEPDLMPYARPFAVGKRTCSGIVTP) thecorresponding nucleotide sequence is SEQ ID NO: 2(ATGCTGCCGAGTGGCAGTGACCCGGCGTTTAGTCAGCCGAAGAGCGTGCTCGATGCCGGTCTGACGTGTCAAGGCGCCAGTCCAAGCAGCGTTAGCAAACCGATTCTGCTGGTTCCGGGCACCGGTACCACGGGCCCGCAGAGCTTCGACAGCAACTGGATTCCGCTGAGTACCCAACTGGGCTACACGCCGTGCTGGATCAGTCCACCACCGTTCATGCTGAACGACACCCAAGTTAACACGGAGTACATGGTGAATGCGATCACCGCGCTGTACGCCGGCAGTGGTAACAATAAACTGCCGGTGCTCACGTGGAGTCAAGGCGGTCTGGTGGCCCAATGGGGTCTGACCTTCTTCCCGAGTATCCGCAGCAAAGTGGACCGTCTGATGGCGTTCGCCCCGGACTACAAAGGCACCGTTCTGGCCGGTCCACTGGATGCGCTGGCCGTTAGTGCCCCGAGCGTTTGGCAGCAGACGACCGGTAGTGCGCTGACCACCGCCCTCCGTAATGCGGGTGGTCTGACCCAAATCGTGCCGACGACCAATCTGTATAGCGCCACGGACGAGATTGTGCAGCCACAAGTTAGCAATAGCCCGCTGGACAGCAGCTACCTCTTCAATGGCAAAAACGTGCAAGCCCAAGCCGTTTGTGGTCCGCTGTTCGTTATCGATCACGCCGGTAGTCTGACGAGCCAGTTCAGCTATGTGGTTGGTCGCAGTGCGCTGCGTAGCACCACCGGTCAAGCCCGTAGCGCCGATTACGGCATTACCGACTGCAACCCGCTGCCAGCCAACGATCTGACCCCAGAACAGAAAGTTGCGGCCGCGGCGCTGCTGGCGCCAGCCGCGGCCGCCATTGTTGCCGGCCCGAAACAGAATTGCGAACCGGATCTGATGCCGTACGCGCGTCCATTCGCCGTGGGCAAACGCACGTGCAGCGGTATTGTTACCCCGTAA).

Firstly, a mutation site is introduced into the lipase by a mode ofsite-directed mutation, and the specificity of the mutant is detected toselect the mutant with improved specificity. Compared with an initialtemplate, the specificity of the mutant V154L is increasedsignificantly. Subsequently, the mutant V154L is used as a template tocontinue the mutation in order to obtain a mutant with improvedcatalytic activity.

Herein, site-directed mutation: referring to introduction of requiredchanges (usually changes that represent favorable directions) into atarget DNA segment (either a genome or a plasmid) by a polymerase chainreaction (PCR) or other methods, including base addition, deletion,point mutation and the like. The site-directed mutation may rapidly andefficiently improve the character and representation of a target proteinexpressed by DNA, and is a very useful means in gene research work.

A method of introducing the site-directed mutation by the whole-plasmidPCR is simple and effective, and is more widely used at present. Theprinciple thereof is that a pair of primers (forward and reverse)containing mutation sites are annealed with a template plasmid, “cyclicextension” is performed by using a polymerase, and the so-called cyclicextension is that the polymerase extends the primer according to thetemplate, is returned to a 5′-terminal of the primer and terminatedafter one circle, and subjected to a cycle of repeatedly heated andannealed extension, this reaction is different from rolling circleamplification, and does not form multiple tandem copies. Extensionproducts of the forward and reverse primers are paired to form anopen-circle plasmid with an incision after annealed. A Dpn Ienzyme-digested extension product, because the original template plasmidis derived from conventional Escherichia coli, is modified by dammethylation, and is sensitive to Dpn I so as to be shredded, but aplasmid with a mutant sequence synthesized in vitro is not cut becauseit is not methylated, so it may be successfully transformed insubsequent transformation, and a clone of a mutant plasmid may beobtained. The mutant plasmid is transformed into Escherichia coli cells,and then a crude enzyme is obtained by ultrasonic cell-break.

The mutant plasmid described above is transformed into the Escherichiacoli cells and overexpressed in the Escherichia coli. Then the crudeenzyme is obtained by the method of ultrasonic cell-break. The optimumcondition for induced expression of the e amino acid dehydrogenase is:25° C., and inducing in 0.1 mM isopropyl-β-d-thiogalactoside (IPTG) for16 h.

By computer simulation analysis of the three-dimensional structure ofthe lipase by software, it is found that the mutation sites of thepresent disclosure are located near the substrate binding site.

According to a typical implementation of the present disclosure, alipase mutant is provided. The lipase mutant has an amino acid sequenceobtained by the mutation of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:1, and the mutation comprises a mutation site V154L.

Preferably, the mutation includes at least one of the following mutationsites: Q11L, T40S, T44S, Q23L, M72A, W113A, D134H/T/N, T138R,L140V/W/M/A/I, A141I/L/Q/T/V, P143A/G/I, L144G/H/P/R/S/T/D/A, L147P,S150N, P152L, S153P/T, V154K, T186A, I189L, V190I/T/Y/A, V221A, T256A,T259A, E269D, A281P, I285M/V/L/A, G307C, C311L, T316A, herein “/” means“or”.

More preferably, the mutation comprises any one of the followingmutation site combinations: V154L+I189L, V154L+L144G+L140V,V154L+P143A+L147P, V154L+I189L+L144G, V154L+I189L144G+L140V,V154L+I189L144G+L140W, V154L+I189D-L144G+L140M, V154L+I189L144G+I285M,V154L+I189L+L144G+I285V, V154L+I189L144G+L140V+I285M,V154L+I189L144G+L140V+I285V, V154L+I189L144G+P143A+L147P,V154L+I189L144G+L140V+P143A+L147P, V154L+I189L+L144G+T259A+V221A,V154L+I189L144G+Q23L+S150N, V154L+I189L+L144H, V154L+I189L+L144H+L140V,V154L+I189L+L144H+L140V+P143A+L147P, V154L+I189L+L144R+L140V,V154L+I189L+L144R+L140V+P143A+L147P, V154L+I189L+L144G+T40S,V154L+I189D+L144G+M72A, V154L+I189L144G+W113A, V154L+I189L+L144G+I138R,V154L+I189L144G+L140A, V154L+I189D+L144G+L140I, V154L+I189D-L144G+A141I,V154L+I189L+L144G+A141L, V154L+I189L144G+A141Q, V154L+I189L+L144G+A141T,V154L+I189L144G+A141V, V154L+I189L+L144G+S153P, V154L+I189L+L144G+S153T,V154L+I189L+L144G+P143G, V154L+I189L+L144G+P143I, V154L+I189D-L144H,V154L+I189L+L144P, V154L+I189L+L144R, V154L+I189D-L144S,V154L+I189L+L144T, V154K+I189L144G, V154M+I189L+L144G,V154L+I189L+L144G+I285L, V154L+I189L144G+I285A,V154L+I189D+L144G+D134H+T138R, V154L+I189L+L144T+A141L,V154L+I189L144G+S153P+L154K, V154L+I189L+S153T, V154L+I189L+S153P,V154L+I189L+D134T+T138R, V154L+I189L+D134+T138R, V154L+I189L+D134+T138R,V154L+I189L+V190I, V154L+I189D+V190T, V154L+I189L+V190Y,V154L+I189L+V190A, V154L+I189L+A141L144 T, V154L+I189L+A141V+L144D,V154L+I189D-A141Q+L144P, V154L+I189L+A141I+L144G,V154L+I189L+A141I+L144H, V154L+I189L+L144A, V154L+I189L+A281P,V154L+I189L+L144G+T256A, V154L+I189L144G+T186A, V154L+I189L+L144G+E269D,V154L+I189D-L144G+G307C+C311L+T316A, V154L+I189L+L144G+T44S,V154L+I189L+L144G+P152L, V154L+I189L144G+Q11L+Q73H,V154L+I189D-L144G+T259A+V221A or V154L+I189L+L144R+P143A+L147P.

The lipase mutant of the present disclosure achieves changes of theprotein structure and function, its solubility expressed in Escherichiacoli is significantly improved, and the catalytic activity of the enzymeis greatly improved. In practical applications, the usage amount of theenzyme is greatly reduced, the reaction volume is reduced, thedifficulty of post-treatment is reduced, and it is suitable forindustrial production.

The lipase mutant of the present disclosure is based on the lipase shownin SEQ ID NO: 1, and is mutated by a method of site-directed mutation,as to change its amino acid sequence and achieve changes of the proteinstructure and function, and then the lipase with the above mutation siteis obtained by a method of directional screening. Therefore, theselipase mutants have the advantage of greatly improving enzymespecificity, and the enzyme activity is also correspondingly improved,thus the usage amount of the enzyme is greatly reduced, and the cost inindustrial production is reduced.

According to a typical implementation of the present disclosure, a DNAmolecule is provided. The lipase encoded by the above DNA may improvethe enzyme activity and stability, the amount of the enzyme added in theindustrial production of amino acids may be reduced, and the difficultyof post-treatment is reduced.

The above DNA molecule of the disclosure may also exist in the form ofan “expression cassette”. The “expression cassette” refers to a linearor circular nucleic acid molecule that encompasses DNA and RNA sequencescapable of guiding expression of a specific nucleotide sequence in anappropriate host cell. Generally, including a promoter which iseffectively linked with a target nucleotide, it is optionallyeffectively linked with a termination signal and/or other controlelements. The expression cassette may also include a sequence requiredfor proper translation of the nucleotide sequence. A coding regionusually encodes a target protein, but also encodes a target function RNAin a sense or antisense direction, for example an antisense RNA or anuntranslated RNA. The expression cassette including a targetpolynucleotide sequence may be chimeric, which means that at least oneof components thereof is heterologous to at least one of the othercomponents thereof. The expression cassette may also be existentnaturally, but obtained with effective recombinant formation forheterologous expression.

According to a typical embodiment of the present disclosure, arecombinant plasmid is provided. The recombinant plasmid contains anyone of the above DNA molecules. The DNA molecule in the aboverecombinant plasmid is placed in an appropriate position of therecombinant plasmid, so that the above DNA molecule may be correctly andsmoothly replicated, transcribed or expressed.

Although a qualifier used in the disclosure while the above DNA moleculeis defined is “contain”, it does not mean that other sequences which arenot related to a function thereof may be arbitrarily added to both endsof the DNA sequence. Those skilled in the art know that in order to meetthe requirements of recombination operations, it is necessary to addsuitable enzyme digestion sites of a restriction enzyme at two ends ofthe DNA sequence, or additionally increase a start codon, a terminationcodon and the like, therefore, if the closed expression is used fordefining, these situations may not be covered truly.

A term “plasmid” used in the present disclosure includes any plasmid,cosmid, bacteriophage or agrobacterium binary nucleic acid molecule indouble-stranded or single-stranded linear or circular form, preferably arecombinant expression plasmid, which may be a prokaryotic expressionplasmid or may be a eukaryotic expression plasmid, preferably theprokaryotic expression plasmid, in some embodiments, a vector used forthe recombinant plasmid is selected from pET-22a(+), pET-22b(+),pET-3a(+), pET-3d(+), pET-11a(+), pET-12a(+), pET-14b, pET-15b(+),pET-16b(+), pET-17b(+), pET-19b(+), pET-20b(+), pET-21a(+), pET-23a(+),pET-23b(+), pET-24a(+), pET-25b(+), pET-26b(+), pET-27b(+), pET-28a(+),pET-29a(+), pET-30a(+), pET-31b(+), pET-32a(+), pET-35b(+), pET-38b(+),pET-39b(+), pET-40b(+), pET-41a(+), pET-41b(+), pET-42a(+), pET-43a(+),pET-43b(+), pET-44a(+), pET-49b(+), pQE2, pQE9, pQE30, pQE31, pQE32,pQE40, pQE70, pQE80, pRSET-A, pRSET-B, pRSET-C, pGEX-5X-1, pGEX-6p-1,pGEX-6p-2, pBV220, pBV221, pBV222, pTro99A, pTwin1, pEZZ18, pKK232-8,pUC-18 or pUC-19. More preferably, the above recombinant plasmid ispET-22b(+).

According to a typical implementation of the present disclosure, a hostcell is provided. The host cell contains any one of the aboverecombinant plasmids. The host cell applicable to the present disclosureincludes but is not limited to a prokaryotic cell or a eukaryotic cell.Preferably the prokaryotic cell is Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) cell orEscherichia coli DH5a competent cell, and the eukaryotic cell is yeast.

According to a typical implementation of the present disclosure, amethod for producing a chiral acid is provided. The method includes astep of catalyzing hydrolysis reaction of an ester compound by a lipase,and the lipase is any one of the above lipase mutants. Because the abovelipase of the present disclosure has the better specificity and evenhigher enzyme catalytic activity, the preparation of the chiral acidusing the lipase mutant of the present disclosure may not only reducethe production cost, but also obtain a higher enantiomeric excess (ee)value of the amino acid.

The ester compound is

and is hydrolyzed into an acid compound

and an alcohol compound

by the lipase mutant, herein R₁ represents CH₃, CH₂CH₃, CH₂—CH₂CH₃ orCHCH₃CH₃, and R₂, R₃, R₄ and R₅ each independently represent H, F, Cl,Br, CH₃ or CH₂CH₃.

According to a typical implementation of the present disclosure, theester compound is

The mutant catalyzes ester reactions, and the transformation rates aredifferent under the different reaction conditions. The mutant has thebetter catalytic reaction at pH including but not limited to pH 6.5, pH7.5 and pH 8.5. The preferred pH 8.5 is the most suitable pH conditionfor the mutant. With the increase of the reaction temperature, thecatalytic activity of the mutant is increased gradually at 20° C., 30°C. and 37° C. Since most of these reaction substrates may have apparentvolatilization at 37° C., the preferred 30° C. is a relatively suitablereaction temperature. The enzyme catalytic activities of the mutant indifferent reaction volumes, including but not limited to 50 volumes/25volumes/10 volumes, have a little difference, but the volume is smaller,it is more beneficial to the post-treatment, and it more meets therequirements of industrial production, so the preferred 10 V is the morereasonable reaction volume.

The beneficial effects of the present disclosure are further describedbelow in combination with specific embodiments.

Embodiment 1

20 mg of Substrate 1/Substrate 2/Substrate 3 were each takenrespectively, 2 mg of suspended lipase or its mutant bacterial sludge,and 0.1 M pH 8.5 Tris-Cl Buffer were successively added to a reactionsystem and the system was supplemented to 500 μL. It was reacted at 200rpm and 30° C. of a constant temperature for 16 h. 2 volumes (1 mL) ofacetonitrile was added into the system, it was mixed fully and evenly,and centrifuged at 12000 rpm for 3 min. It was observed whether therewas layering. If there was layering, mixed solution ofacetonitrile:purified water=1:1 was needed to be added until there wasno layering, and finally 200 μL of a centrifugal supernatant was takenand added to 400 μL of the mixed solution of acetonitrile:purifiedwater=1:1. After being mixed uniformly, a sample was sent to highperformance liquid chromatography (HPLC) for detection of thetransformation rate. The reaction characteristics of some mutants wereshown below in Table 1 (the solubility conditions of protein expressionare also attached):

TABLE 1 Activity Protein solubility Sub- Sub- Sub- Distribution ratio ofstrate strate strate protein in supernatant Mutant 1 2 3 and sedimentFemale parent − − − * V154L ++ ++ ++ **** V154L + I189L +++ ++ +++ ****V154L + L144G + L140V ++ ++ +++ *** V154L + I285M + + ++ ** V154L +P143A + L147P + + ++ *** Compared with the female parent (−), the timesof activity increased is expressed by +, + represents increase by 10-50times, ++ represents increase by 50-100 times, and +++ representsincrease by 100-200 times or more. * represents the solubility of aprotein expressed in Escherichia coli, and the distribution ratio of theprotein in centrifuged supernatant and sediment after ultrasonicfragmentation of bacterial cells: * represents the ratio from 1:10 to1:5; ** represents the ratio from 1:4 to 1:1; *** represents the ratiofrom 1:1 to 2:1; and **** represents the ratio is from 2:1 to 4:1.

Embodiment 2

20 mg of Substrate 1/Substrate 4 were each taken respectively, 2 mg ofsuspended lipase or its mutant bacterial sludge, and 0.1 M pH 8.5Tris-Cl Buffer were successively added to a reaction system and thesystem was supplemented to 500 μL. It was reacted at 200 rpm and 30° C.of a constant temperature for 16 h. 2 volumes (1 mL) of acetonitrile wasadded into the system, it was mixed fully and evenly, and centrifuged at12000 rpm for 3 min. It was observed whether there was layering. Ifthere was layering, mixed solution of acetonitrile:purified water=1:1was needed to be added until there was no layering, and finally 200 μLof a centrifugal supernatant was taken and added to 400 μL of the mixedsolution of acetonitrile:purified water=1:1. After being mixeduniformly, a sample was sent to HPLC for detection of the transformationrate. The reaction characteristics of some mutants were shown below inTable 2:

TABLE 2 Activity Sub- Sub- Mutant strate 1 strate 4 Female parent − −V154L + I189L + L144G +++ +++ V154L + I189L + L144G + L140V ++++ +++V154L + I189L + L144G + L140W ++ ++ V154L + I189L + L144G + L140M +++ ++V154L + I189L + L144G + I285M ++ ++ V154L + I189L + L144G + I285V +++ ++V154L + I189L + L144G + L140V + I285M ++++ ++++ V154L + I189L + L144G +L140V + I285V +++ +++ V154L + I189L + L144G + P143A + L147P ++ ++V154L + I189L + L144G + L140V + P143A + L147P ++ ++ V154L + I189L +L144G + T259A + V221A + + V154L + I189L + L144G + Q23L + S150N ++ +V154L + I189L + L144H ++ +++ V154L + I189L + L144H + L140V ++ +++V154L + I189L + L144H + L140V + P143A + L147P ++ +++ V154L + I189L +L144R + L140V +++ ++ V154L + I189L + L144R + L140V + P143A + L147P +++++ V154L + I189L + L144G + T40S + + V154L + I189L + L144G + M72A + +V154L + I189L + L144G + W113A + + V154L + I189L + L144G + T138R ++ +V154L + I189L + L144G + L140A + ++ V154L + I189L + L144G + L140I + +V154L + I189L + L144G + A141I + + V154L + I189L + L144G + A141L + ++V154L + I189L + L144G + A141Q ++ + V154L + I189L + L144G + A141T + +V154L + I189L + L144G + A141V ++ ++ V154L + I189L + L144G + S153P ++ ++V154L + I189L + L144G + S153T ++ + V154L + I189L + L144G + P143G + ++V154L + I189L + L144G + P143I ++ ++ V154L + I189L + L144H ++ ++ V154L +I189L + L144P + ++ V154L + I189L + L144R ++ + V154L + I189L + L144S + +V154L + I189L + L144T + + V154K + I189L + L144G ++ ++ V154M + I189L +L144G ++ ++ V154L + I189L + L144G + I285L ++ ++ V154L + I189L + L144G +I285A ++ ++ V154L + I189L + L144G + D134H + T138R + ++ V154L + I189L +L144T + A141L ++ ++ V154L + I189L + L144G + S153P + L154K ++ + V154L +I189L + S153T + + V154L + I189L + S153P ++ + V154L + I189L + D134T +T138R + + V154L + I189L + D134N + T138R + + V154L + I189L + D134 +T138R + + V154L + I189L + V190I ++ + V154L + I189L + V190T + ++ V154L +I189L + V190Y + + V154L + I189L + V190A + ++ V154L + I189L + A141L +L144T ++ ++ V154L + I189L + A141V + L144D ++ ++ V154L + I189L + A141Q +L144P ++ ++ V154L + I189L + A141I + L144G ++ ++ V154L + I189L + A141I +L144H ++ ++ V154L + I189L + L144A ++ ++ V154L + I189L + A281P ++ +V154L + I189L + L144G + T256A ++ + V154L + I189L + L144G + T186A ++ +V154L + I189L + L144G + E269D + + V154L + I189L + L144G + G307C +C311L + + + T316A V154L + I189L + L144G + T44S ++ ++ V154L + I189L +L144G + P152L + + V154L + I189L + L144G + Q11L + Q73H + + V154L +I189L + L144G + T259A + V221A + + Compared with the female parent (−),the times of activity increased is expressed by +, + represents increaseby 50-100 times, ++ represents increase by 100-200 times, +++ representsincrease by 200-400 times, and ++++ represents increase by more than 400times.

Embodiment 3

20 mg of Substrate 1/Substrate 2/Substrate 3/Substrate 4/Substrate5/Substrate 6 were each taken respectively, 2 mg of suspended lipase orbacterial sludge of some mutants, and 0.1 M pH 8.5 Tris-Cl Buffer weresuccessively added to a reaction system and the system is supplementedto 500 μL. It was reacted at 200 rpm and 30° C. of a constanttemperature for 16 h. 2 volumes (1 mL) of acetonitrile was added intothe system, it was mixed fully and evenly, and centrifuged at 12000 rpmfor 3 min. It was observed whether there was layering. If there waslayering, mixed solution of acetonitrile:purified water=1:1 was neededto be added until there was no layering, and finally 200 μL of acentrifugal supernatant was taken and added to 400 μL of the mixedsolution of acetonitrile:purified water=1:1. After being mixeduniformly, a sample was sent to HPLC for detection of the transformationrate. The reaction characteristics of some mutants were shown below inTable 3:

TABLE 3 Activity Substrate Substrate Substrate Substrate SubstrateSubstrate Mutant 1 2 3 4 5 6 Female parent − − − − − − V154L + I189L ++++ ++ + ++ + V154L + I189L + L144G +++ +++ ++++ +++ +++ +++ V154L +I189L + L144G + L140V ++++ +++ ++++ ++++ ++++ +++ V154L + I189L +L144G + I285M ++ ++ +++ ++ ++ ++ V154L + I189L + L144G + I285V +++ +++++ ++ +++ ++ V154L + I189L + L144G + L140V + I285M ++++ ++++ ++++ +++++++ ++++ V154L + I189L + L144G + T259A + V221A + + ++ + ++ + V154L +I189L + L144G + Q23L + S150N ++ + + + + + V154L + I189L + L144H ++ ++++++ ++ +++ ++ V154L + I189L + L144G + P143A + L147P ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++V154L + I189L + L144R ++ + ++ ++ + + V154L + I189L + L144R + P143A +L147P ++ ++ ++ ++ +++ +++ Compared with the female parent (−), the timesof activity increased is expressed by +, + represents increase by 50-100times, ++ represents increase by 100-200 times, +++ represents increaseby 200-400 times, and ++++ represents increase by more than 400 times.

Embodiment 4

20 mg/100 mg/l g of Substrate 2/Substrate 5/Substrate 6 were each takenrespectively, lipase or its mutant bacterial sludge equivalent to 0.1 wt(mass ratio), and 0.1 M pH 8.5 Tris-Cl Buffer were successively added toa reaction system and the system was supplemented to 25 V. It wasreacted at 200 rpm and 30° C. of a constant temperature for 16 h. 2reaction volumes of acetonitrile was added into the system, it was mixedfully and evenly, and centrifuged at 12000 rpm for 3 min. It wasobserved whether there was layering. If there was layering, mixedsolution of acetonitrile:purified water=1:1 was needed to be added untilthere was no layering, and finally 200 μL of a centrifugal supernatantwas taken and added to 400 μL of the mixed solution ofacetonitrile:purified water=1:1. After being mixed uniformly, a samplewas sent to HPLC for detection of the transformation rate. 3 bettermutants were selected to amplify from 20 mg to 100 mg and then to 1 gstep by step, their transformation activities were significantlyimproved compared with the female parent, and the specific reactioncharacteristics were shown below in Table 4:

TABLE 4 V154L + V154L + I189L + V154L + I189L + L144G + Female I189L +L144G + L140V + Mutant parent L144G L140V I285M Activity Substrate  20mg − ++ +++ ++++ 2 100 mg − ++ +++ ++++  1 g − ++ +++ ++++ Substrate  20mg − ++ ++++ ++++ 5 100 mg − ++ ++++ ++++  1 g − ++ ++++ ++++ Substrate 20 mg − + ++ +++ 6 100 mg − + ++ +++  1 g − + ++ +++ Compared with thefemale parent (−), the times of activity increased is expressed by +, +represents increase by 50-100 times, ++ represents increase by 100-200times, +++ represents increase by 200-400 times, and ++++ representsincrease by more than 400 times.

Embodiment 5

mg of Substrate 2/Substrate 5 were each taken respectively, about 2 mgof suspended lipase or its mutant bacterial sludge, and 0.1 M of Tris-ClBuffer with different pH (pH 6.6/7.5/8.5) were successively added to areaction system, different reaction volumes of 50 V/25 V/10 V were madeand different temperatures such as 20° C./30° C./37° C. were set. It wasreacted at 200 rpm for 16 h. 2 volumes of acetonitrile was added intothe system, it was mixed fully and evenly, and centrifuged at 12000 rpmfor 3 min. It was observed whether there was layering. If there waslayering, mixed solution of acetonitrile:purified water=1:1 was neededto be added until there was no layering, and finally 200 μL of acentrifugal supernatant was taken and added to 400 μL of the mixedsolution of acetonitrile:purified water=1:1. After being mixeduniformly, a sample was sent to HPLC for detection of the transformationrate. It may be seen from the transformation results of these 3 mutantsto 2 substrates under the different reaction conditions that: pH 8.5 isa better reaction pH value; the catalytic reaction is accelerated withthe increase of the temperature, but since most of the reactionsubstrates may have apparent volatilization at 37° C., 30° C. is theappropriate reaction temperature; and the transformation activities ofthe different reaction volumes (50 V/25 V/10 V) has a little difference,the volume is smaller, it is more beneficial to the post-treatment, andit more meets the requirements of industrial production. The specificreaction characteristics were shown below in Table 5:

TABLE 5 V154L + V154L + I189L + V154L + I189L + L144G + Female I189L +L144G + L140V + Mutant parent L144G L140V I285M Activity Substrate pH6.5 − ++ ++ +++ 2 pH 7.5 − +++ ++ +++ pH 8.5 − +++ +++ ++++ 20° C. − + +++ 30° C. − ++ +++ +++ 37° C. − +++ ++++ ++++ 50 V − +++ +++ ++++ 25 V −+++ +++ ++++ 10 V − +++ +++ ++++ Substrate pH 6.5 − ++ ++ +++ 5 pH 7.5 −+++ ++ +++ pH 8.5 − +++ +++ ++++ 20° C. − + + ++ 30° C. − ++ +++ +++ 37°C. − +++ ++++ ++++ 50 V − +++ +++ ++++ 25 V − +++ +++ ++++ 10 V − ++++++ ++++ Compared with the female parent (−), the times of activityincreased is expressed by +, + represents increase by 50-100 times, ++represents increase by 100-200 times, +++ represents increase by 200-400times, and ++++ represents increase by more than 400 times.

Embodiment 6

20 mg of Substrate 1/Substrate 2/Substrate 3/Substrate 4/Substrate5/Substrate 6 were each taken respectively, 2 mg of suspended lipase orbacterial sludge of some mutants, and 0.1 M pH 8.5 Tris-Cl Buffer weresuccessively added to a reaction system and the system was supplementedto 500 μL. It was reacted at 200 rpm and 30° C. of a constanttemperature for 16 h. 6 M hydrochloric acid was added into the reactionsystem to adjust pH between 2-3, and 1 mL of ethyl acetate (EA) wasadded to perform an extraction reaction fully. It was centrifuged at12000 rpm for 10 min, water was removed from a supernatant withanhydrous magnesium sulfate, it was centrifuged at 12000 rpm for 10 min,then a supernatant was taken and sent to gas chromatography (GC) fordetection. The enantiomeric excess (e.e.) value of a product is a veryimportant indicator in the process of industrial production. This patentshould guarantee the e.e. value of the product to the maximum extentwhile modifying the amino acid sequence of the protein and greatlyimproving the activity, and the e.e. value is also slightly increasedwhile the stability is maintained, at least not decreased. The specificreaction characteristics of some mutants were shown below in Table 6:

TABLE 6 ee value Substrate Substrate Substrate Substrate SubstrateSubstrate Mutant 1 2 3 4 5 6 Female parent * * * * * * V154L ** ** *** * ** V154L + L144G + L140V ** ** * * ** * V154L + P143A + L147P * **** *** * * V154L + I189L ** ** ** *** ** ** V154L + I189L + L144G ** **** ** ** ** V154L + I189L + L144G + L140V ** ** ** ** ** ** V154L +I189L + L144G + L140W ** ** ** ** ** ** V154L + I189L + L144G + L140M **** ** ** ** ** V154L + I189L + L144G + I285M ** ** ** ** ** ** V154L +I189L + L144G + I285V ** ** ** ** ** ** V154L + I189L + L144G + L140V +I285M ** ** ** *** ** ** V154L + I189L + L144G + L140V + I285V ** ** **** ** ** V154L + I189L + L144G + T259A + V221A ** ** ** ** ** ** V154L +I189L + L144G + Q23L + S150N ** ** ** ** ** ** V154L + I189L + L144H **** ** ** ** ** V154L + I189L + L144G + A141I *** ** ** ** ** ** V154L +I189L + L144G + A141V ** ** ** ** ** ** V154L + I189L + L144G + P143A +L147P ** ** ** ** ** ** V154L + I189L + L144R ** ** ** ** ** ** V154L +I189L + L144G + S153T ** ** ** ** ** ** V154L + I189L + L144G + P143G **** ** ** ** ** V154L + I189L + V190Y ** ** ** ** ** ** V154L + I189L +V190A ** ** ** ** ** ** V154L + I189L + L144R + P143A + L147P ** ** **** ** ** * represents that the e.e. value is 97%-99%, and ** representsthat the e.e. value is more than 99%.

In the present disclosure, it is verified by a large number ofexperiments that the amount of the substrate is gradually increased, itis finally proved that the transformation rate of the catalytic reactionof the lipase mutant of the present disclosure is increased from theinitial <0.5% to 96% and even reaches 99%, and the e.e. value of mostproducts remains >99% (a small number of the e.e. values are between 97%and 99%), the production cycle is greatly shortened, the labor andmaterial costs are reduced.

The above are only preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, andare not intended to limit the present disclosure. For those skilled inthe art, the present disclosure may have various modifications andchanges. Any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements andthe like made within the spirit and principle of the present disclosureshall be included in the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. A lipase mutant having an amino acid sequenceobtained by the mutation of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:1, and the mutation comprises a mutation site V154L.
 2. The lipasemutant as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mutation comprises any one ofthe following mutation site combinations: V154L+I189L,V154L+L144G+L140V, V154L+P143A+L147P, V154L+I189L+L144G,V154L+I189L+L144G+L140V, V154L+I189L+L144G+L140W,V154L+I189L+L144G+L140M, V154L+I189L+L144G+I285M,V154L+I189L+L144G+I285V, V154L+I189L+L144G+L140V+I285M,V154L+I189L+L144G+L140V+I285V, V154L+I189L+L144G+P143A+L147P,V154L+I189L+L144G+L140V+P143A+L147P, V154L+I189L+L144G+T259A+V221A,V154L+I189L+L144G+Q23L+S150N, V154L+I189L+L144H,V154L+I189L+L144H+L140V, V154L+I189L+L144H+L140V+P143A+L147P,V154L+I189L+L144R+L140V, V154L+I189L+L144R+L140V+P143A+L147P,V154L+I189L+L144G+T40S, V154L+I189L+L144G+M72A, V154L+I189L+L144G+W113A,V154L+I189L+L144G+T138R, V154L+I189L+L144G+L140A,V154L+I189L+L144G+L140I, V154L+I189L+L144G+A141I,V154L+I189L+L144G+A141L, V154L+I189L+L144G+A141Q,V154L+I189L+L144G+A141T, V154L+I189L+L144G+A141V,V154L+I189L+L144G+S153P, V154L+I189L+L144G+S153T,V154L+I189L+L144G+P143G, V154L+I189L+L144G+P143I, V154L+I189L+L144H,V154L+I189L+L144P, V154L+I189L+L144R, V154L+I189L+L144S,V154L+I189L+L144T, V154K+I189L+L144G, V154M+I189L+L144G,V154L+I189L+L144G+I285L, V154L+I189L+L144G+I285A,V154L+I189L+L144G+D134H+T138R, V154L+I189L+L144T+A141L,V154L+I189L+L144G+S153P+L154K, V154L+I189L+S153T, V154L+I189L+S153P,V154L+I189L+D134T+T138R, V154L+I189L+D134N+T138R,V154L+I189L+D134+T138R, V154L+I189L+V190I, V154L+I189L+V190T,V154L+I189L+V190Y, V154L+I189L+V190A, V154L+I189L+A141L+L144T,V154L+I189L+A141V+L144D, V154L+I189L+A141Q+L144P,V154L+I189L+A141I+L144G, V154L+I189L+A141I+L144H, V154L+I189L+L144A,V154L+I189L+A281P, V154L+I189L+L144G+T256A, V154L+I189L+L144G+T186A,V154L+I189L+L144G+E269D, V154L+I189L+L144G+G307C+C311L+T316A,V154L+I189L+L144G+T44S, V154L+I189L+L144G+P152L,V154L+I189L+L144G+Q11L+Q73H, V154L+I189L+L144G+T259A+V221A orV154L+I189L+L144R+P143A+L147P.
 3. A DNA molecule encoding the lipasemutant as claimed in claim
 1. 4. A recombinant plasmid containing theDNA molecule as claimed in claim
 3. 5. The recombinant plasmid asclaimed in claim 4, wherein the recombinant plasmid is pET-22a(+),pET-22b(+), pET-3a(+), pET-3d(+), pET-11a(+), pET-12a(+), pET-14b,pET-15b(+), pET-16b(+), pET-17b(+), pET-19b(+), pET-20b(+), pET-21a(+),pET-23a(+), pET-23b(+), pET-24a(+), pET-25b(+), pET-26b(+), pET-27b(+),pET-28a(+), pET-29a(+), pET-30a(+), pET-31b(+), pET-32a(+), pET-35b(+),pET-38b(+), pET-39b(+), pET-40b(+), pET-41a(+), pET-41b(+), pET-42a(+),pET-43a(+), pET-43b(+), pET-44a(+), pET-49b(+), pQE2, pQE9, pQE30,pQE31, pQE32, pQE40, pQE70, pQE80, pRSET-A, pRSET-B, pRSET-C, pGEX-5X-1,pGEX-6p-1, pGEX-6p-2, pBV220, pBV221, pBV222, pTrc99A, pTwin1, pEZZ18,pKK232-8, pUC-18 or pUC-19.
 6. A host cell comprising the recombinantplasmid as claimed in claim
 3. 7. The host cell as claimed in claim 6,wherein the host cell comprises a prokaryotic cell or a eukaryotic cell.8. The host cell according to claim 7, wherein the prokaryotic cell isEscherichia coli BL21(DE3) cell or Escherichia coli DH5a competent cell,and the eukaryotic cell is yeast.
 9. A method for producing a chiralacid, comprising a step of catalyzing hydrolysis reaction of an estercompound by a lipase, wherein the lipase is the lipase mutant as claimedin claim
 1. 10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the estercompound is

and hydrolyzed by the lipase mutant into an acid compound

and an alcohol compound HO—R₁ wherein, R₁ represents CH₃, CH₂CH₃,CH₂—CH₂CH₃ or CHCH₃CH₃, and R₂, R₃, R₄ and R₅ respectively andindependently represent H, F, Cl, Br, CH₃ or CH₂CH₃.
 11. The method asclaimed in claim 10, wherein the ester compound is


12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein a pH of the hydrolysisreaction is 6.5-8.5, a reaction temperature is 20-37° C., a reactionvolume is 10-50 times of the usage volume of a substrate, and a unit ismg:μL.
 13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the pH of thehydrolysis reaction is 8.5, the reaction temperature is 30° C., thereaction volume is 10 times of the usage volume of a substrate, and theunit is mg:μL.